The number of data breaches from Gateshead Council has increased since 2020, local authority documents reveal.
One incident involved a "generic email" which was sent to 118 people with the CC function rather than the BCC function, subsequently leaking the email addresses. Other cases included "missing paper forms containing financial information" and the failure to redact an address in council documents where individuals had asked for it to be removed.
The number of data breaches since 2020 is recorded as:
